Chapter 10 Summary

Kilgore is released from the police station and wanders down some streets until he catches a ride in a commercial truck. The truck driver talks about the need for conservation of natural resources as they drive through the poisoned swamps of New Jersey. Kilgore disagrees and formulates a position that being a conservationist is actually an atheist position because God frequently uses natural disasters to destroy huge amounts of pristine wilderness. Later in the day Kilgore and the driver eat lunch at a diner and Kilgore watches an 'idiot' eat a huge lunch. After lunch Kilgore reads the sides of trucks as they drive by.

Chapter 10 Analysis

Kilgore catches a ride by hitchhiking. He has to stay on the cab floor of the truck until leaving New York State so avoid being fined - picking up hitchhikers is illegal in the State. The...